for the period 1977-87. Our analysis is based on both firm and plant level data taken from the U. S. Census Bureau … firm level data are used for the analysis. This suggests that firm level data hide important dynamic activities within the … firm. Thus, plant level data are necessary for studying the structure and performance of firms over time. …

This paper has two goals. First, it illustrates the importance of panel data with examples taken from research in …" longitudinal survey, it provides both balanced and unbalanced panel data sets for establishments, firms, and lines of business. The … longitudinal microdata for econometric research and time series analysis. The advantages of panel data arise from both the micro …

of microdata in statistical surveys. These data are valuable for economic research and market and policy analysis …. However, the data cannot be released to the public because of confidentiality commitments to individual respondents. These … releasing public use microdata. Most proposals for public use microdata call for the development of surrogate data that disguise …

This paper discusses the development and use of the Longitudinal Research Data available at the Center for Economic …, which contains data for manufacturing establishments collected by the Census in 1963, 1967, 1972, 1977 and 1982, and the … Annual Survey of Manufactures for non-Census years from 1973 to 1985. These data now reside in the Center's computer in a …

of data to satisfy multiple objectives--if it is to satisfy users is universally accepted. Yet in practice, this goal has … multiple uses of the industrial data now primarily examined within the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. In one … sense, the question of feasibility is almost trivial. With today's computer technology, vast amounts of data can be …

statistical agencies must begin to seriously rethink the way they view establishment data products. …

annual changes in industry statistics should be aware of these systematic discontinuities, discrepancies and potential data …

complete and accurate information possible, we recently completed a review of the methodology and data used to construct trade …

rates. We use data from the 1993 and 1988 Survey of Manufacturing Technology (SMT) to examine the use of advanced (computer … based) technologies at two different points in time. We are also able to combine the survey data with the Longitudinal … productivity performance, the data suggest that the dominant explanation for the observed cross-section relationship is that good …